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Location: Raclin Murphy Museum of Art (View on map )

Stylized oil portrait of a solemn figure with a gray-blue face and downcast eyes. They wear an elaborate, multi-tiered headdress of green, red, and gold, with a white garment below.

A somber face with closed eyes, painted in shades of gray-green, wears a vibrant red, green, and orange headdress. A white garment wraps the neck. A dark, swirling background. By Siqueiros, 1949.
David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican, 1896–1974), A Mayan Prince, 1949, Oil and Duco on Masonite. Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Mayer, 1958.039

In celebration of Language & Culture Week 2026, join student gallery teacher Antonio Dominguez De Obaldia ’28 for a guided discussion, in Spanish, of A Mayan Prince (1949) by David Alfaro Siqueiros.

Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.